Becoming a Career Platform under the 4th Medium-Term Management Plan

「Under the current medium-term management plan, the company aims to diversify revenue sources by making a full-scale entry into the recruitment placement business while maintaining stable growth in the staffing business.」

「In response to these changes in the business environment, the Group is fundamentally reviewing its “one-time relationship as an employee from joining the company through retirement” with working people. It will recognize them as “valuable customers” from the application stage and seek to build “long-term, lifelong partnerships” by strengthening its relationship with working people through flexible joining and leaving of the company and enhanced services, thereby improving “work time value” (*) and achieving sustainable business growth.」

「The plan aims to classify needs into 4 types and reorganize the business into organizations suited to each type, while building long-term, lifelong partnerships and creating a foundation for sustainable business growth through service enhancements and investment in human capital, including the granting of shares to working people.」

「Against this backdrop, the Group has carried out the Fourth Medium-Term Management Plan rolling plan, whose final year is the fiscal year ending March 2026.」

「Under the Fourth Medium-Term Management Plan rolling plan, we will improve the convenience of staffing as a way of working and establish monthly recruitment of 2,000 people as a normal level. With the Manufacturing and Area businesses at the core as growth drivers, we will seek to expand our share of the manufacturing staffing market.」

「Due to the impact of the global economic slowdown that began in autumn 2022, production activity across the manufacturing sector stagnated during the first half of the fiscal year ending March 2024. In addition, demand has recently been below expectations, particularly among semiconductor-related client companies, and we expect the full-scale recovery to be delayed by approximately six months to one year. Accordingly, we reviewed the content and period of the ongoing Fourth Medium-Term Management Plan, covering the fiscal years ending March 2021 through March 2025, hereinafter the “original plan,” and formulated the following rolling plan, hereinafter the “plan.”」

「In response to the delayed recovery in demand, the company is reviewing the ongoing Fourth Medium-Term Management Plan, including postponing its final year, which had been set as the fiscal year ending March 2025.」

「While continuing recruitment in line with trends in demand for personnel during the first half of the consolidated fiscal year, the company will establish a system capable of hiring 2,000 mid-career employees per month for the second half, when demand is expected to increase, and strengthen functions to further improve the retention rate and skills of technical employees. Through these measures, it aims to achieve its performance targets for the final year of the Fourth Mid-term Plan and accelerate the Group’s medium- to long-term growth.」

「During the current consolidated fiscal year, the Group carried out substantial organizational restructuring and the phased introduction of new operating systems, advanced productivity improvements and optimized personnel allocation, and optimized recruitment operations to improve recruitment efficiency. Through these measures, it established a robust business foundation to accelerate medium- to long-term growth and worked to improve profitability. As a result, revenue was ¥170,631 million, 5.2% below the target of ¥180,000 million, while EBITDA (*) was ¥15,714 million, 4.8% above the target of ¥15,000 million.」

「Against this backdrop, under the medium-term management objective of becoming “a career platform that can serve more working people” set out in the Fourth Medium-Term Management Plan (fiscal years ending March 2021 to March 2025), our group is advancing the “one-stop strategy for major manufacturers,” “regional platform strategy” and “solutions strategy” as its growth strategies.」

「Against this backdrop, under the medium-term management objective of becoming “a career platform that can serve more working people” set out in the Fourth Medium-Term Management Plan (fiscal years ending March 2021 to March 2025), our group is advancing the “one-stop strategy for major manufacturers,” “regional platform strategy” and “solutions strategy” as its growth strategies.」

「The current consolidated fiscal year is the third year of the plan. We will seek to raise the top line based on the number of technical employees built up through the intensive strengthening of recruitment in the previous consolidated fiscal year, while establishing a robust business foundation to accelerate the Group’s medium- to long-term growth and working to improve profitability.」

「In the current consolidated fiscal year, the second year of the Fourth Medium-Term Management Plan, the Group focused on expanding revenue and market share. As progress was strong, including achieving the plan’s revenue target one year ahead of schedule, it revised in May 2022 its revenue and EBITDA targets for the fiscal year ending March 2025, the final year, from the fiscal year ending March 2023 onward.」

「In the second year of the Fourth Medium-Term Management Plan announced on 20 May 2020, covering the fiscal years ending March 2021 through March 2025, the Group is advancing the “one-stop human-resources strategy for major manufacturers,” “regional platform strategy” and “solutions strategy” as its growth strategies under the medium-term management objective of “Towards a career platform that can meet the needs of more working people.”」

「In the second year of the Fourth Medium-Term Management Plan announced on 20 May 2020, covering the fiscal years ending March 2021 through March 2025, the Group is advancing the “one-stop human-resources strategy for major manufacturers,” “regional platform strategy” and “solutions strategy” as its growth strategies under the medium-term management objective of “Towards a career platform that can meet the needs of more working people.”」

「In the second year of the Fourth Medium-Term Management Plan announced on 20 May 2020, covering the fiscal years ending March 2021 through March 2025, the Group is advancing the “one-stop strategy for major manufacturers,” “regional platform strategy” and “solutions strategy” as its growth strategies under the medium-term management objective of “Towards a career platform that can meet the needs of more working people.”」

「Against this backdrop, in May 2020 the Group formulated its Fourth Medium-Term Management Plan, with the current consolidated fiscal year as its first year and the fiscal year ending March 2025 as its final year. It set “Towards a career platform that can meet the needs of more working people” as its medium-term management objective, and positioned the “one-stop strategy for major manufacturers,” “regional platform strategy” and “solutions strategy” as its growth strategies.」

「In May 2020, the Group formulated its Fourth Medium-Term Management Plan, with the current consolidated fiscal year as its first year and the fiscal year ending March 2025 as its final year. It set “Towards a career platform that can meet the needs of more working people” as its medium-term management objective, and positioned the “one-stop strategy for major manufacturers,” “regional platform strategy” and “solutions strategy” as its growth strategies.」

「Against this backdrop, the Group formulated its Fourth Medium-Term Management Plan, with the current consolidated fiscal year as its first year and the fiscal year ending March 2025 as its final year. It set “Towards a career platform that can meet the needs of more working people” as its medium-term management objective, and positioned the “one-stop strategy for major manufacturers,” “regional platform strategy” and “solutions strategy” as its growth strategies.」